Provider Prior Authorizations
December and January holiday closures: How to submit inpatient authorization requests
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and Blue Care Network corporate offices will be closed on these dates:
- Christmas Eve – Thursday, Dec. 24, 2020
- Christmas Day – Friday, Dec. 25, 2020
- New Year’s Eve – Thursday, Dec. 31, 2020
- New Year’s Day – Friday, Jan. 1, 2021
Refer to the document Holiday closures: How to submit authorization requests (PDF) for instructions on how to submit authorization requests for inpatient admissions during the closure.
You can access this document on these webpages:
- Blue Cross Authorization Requirements & Criteria page
- BCN Authorization Requirements & Criteria page
Here are the additional upcoming closures that will occur during 2021, so you can plan ahead:
- Martin Luther King, Jr. Day – Monday, Jan. 18, 2021
- Good Friday – Friday, April 2, 2021, 2021
- Memorial Day – Monday, May 31, 2021
- Independence Day – Monday, July 5, 2021
- Labor Day – Monday, Sept. 6, 2021
- Thanksgiving Day – Thursday, Nov. 25, 2021
- Day after Thanksgiving – Friday, Nov. 26, 2021
- Christmas Holiday – Thursday, Dec. 23, 2021
- Christmas Eve – Friday, Dec. 24, 2021
- New Year's Holiday – Thursday, Dec. 30, 2021
- New Year's Eve – Friday, Dec. 31, 2021
Posted: December 2020
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